Patents by Inventor Frans Gielen
Frans Gielen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8600495Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Publication number: 20100241179Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Patent number: 7734342Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Medtronics, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Publication number: 20070123954Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary King, Daryle Petersen, Mark Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Patent number: 7191018Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as_electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Publication number: 20050049650Abstract: A method for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder, comprising applying chronic electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's anterior limb of the internal capsule under conditions effective to provide the patient with at least a partial relief from obsession and/or compulsion and/or anxiety and/or depression, by means of an electrical signal generator and at least an implantable electrode having a proximal end coupled to the said signal generator and a stimulation end capable of applying said chronic electrical stimulation, wherein the distance between the two outer contacts of the electrode corresponds to the depth of the internal capsule. A method is disclosed for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2004Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Bart Nuttin, Frans Gielen, Paul Cosyns, Jan Gybels, Bjorn Meyerson, Per Mindus
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Publication number: 20040236388Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment, such as_electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Patent number: 6795737Abstract: Apparatus and techniques to address the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment therapy, such as electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. The therapy delivery elements may be positioned laterally in any direction relative to the targeted treatment site or toward or away from the targeted treatment site. A control system maybe provided for open- or closed-loop feedback control of the position of the therapy delivery elements as well as other aspects of the treatment therapy.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Medtronic Inc.Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Publication number: 20030204219Abstract: System and method for end of battery life operation of an implantable bilateral brain stimulator. The present system and method automatically measures one or more levels of electrical parameters in a battery system of the implantable stimulator. The measurement can be compared to threshold values. The implantable bilateral brain stimulator can then make automatic adjustments to the therapy when the levels of the electrical parameters in the battery system reach the threshold values. Adjustments to the therapy are made such that the patient is provided with an adjusted, but sufficiently safe, amount of therapy so as to extend the life of the battery and also to allow some physical symptoms alleviated by the system to return, thereby signaling the patient that medical attention needs to be sought.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2002Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventor: Frans Gielen
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Publication number: 20010053885Abstract: The present invention addresses the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. The present invention discloses techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment therapy. The present invention also discloses techniques for non-invasively positioning and re-positioning therapy delivery elements after implant to provide electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. A position control mechanism and/or a position controller are provided for adjusting in situ the position of the therapy delivery elements relative to the targeted tissue of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Inventors: Frans Gielen, Gary W. King, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum
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Patent number: 6319241Abstract: The present invention addresses the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. The present invention discloses techniques for implanting a lead having therapy delivery elements, such as electrodes or drug delivery ports, within a vertebral or cranial bone so as to maintain these elements in a fixed position relative to a desired treatment site. The therapy delivery elements may thereafter be adjusted in situ with a position control mechanism and/or a position controller to improve the desired treatment therapy. The present invention also discloses techniques for non-invasively positioning and re-positioning therapy delivery elements after implant to provide electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion to a precise target. A position control mechanism and/or a position controller are provided for adjusting in situ the position of the therapy delivery elements relative to the targeted tissue of interest.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Gary W. King, Frans Gielen, Daryle Petersen, Mark T. Rise, Michael Schendel, Warren Starkebaum